Forever House: My Office

When we bought the house, my now office was a second floor den with great bones and a working fireplace!

Another room that is a work in progress is my office. Actually, it is more that my home office, it is where live the headquarters of Damask & Dentelle. Oh how I love this room! The light, the windows, the vibe in that room is so conducive to relaxation, I wonder how I can even get any work done. Kidding aside, I really do love this room.

The first step in its minor overhaul was to paint the whole room in a bright greyish white. Instantly, the room seemed ten times larger.

Then, it was all about the pretty stuff. The tulip base table was in my breakfast nook at our other home and got repurposed here in the den, to host impromptu meetings and to sit my daughter to do her homework.

There is only one new purchase in the whole room and it is the Eames plastic moulded chair in buck egg blue. I have had this chair on my coveted list for so long, that I finally gave in and ordered it. It looks really new right now, but give it time and the dowel legs will take on a honey hue that will look even better.

On the fireplace’s mantle it is all fun FUN fun! Cute little foo dogs sitting pretty on books, a New York City cab hat I’ve carried from apartment to apartment since I was 19, and a cheeky wedding picture. I am not huge on displaying personal photos all over the public areas of the house, but these wedding pictures had to make it, I just love them so much.

Then there was my desk chair. I found it a few years ago, outside, in my neighbour’s trash. It look derelict (and a little smelly) in faded tweed. I put it in a garbage bag and left it on my balcony for a few days – nobody wants to bring home any bedbugs in their home because they felt the need to salvage a chair. After that it was straight to my upholsterer who stripped it entirely and then proceeded to give it a new life in white velvet with silver nails all along its back. It is so comfortable!

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I'm Vanessa. A mom of three munchkins, I am also an interiors curator, a colour junkie, a sweet tooth, a nomad and an eternal optimist. Welcome to Damask & Dentelle, a lifestyle blog with an eye for design in all areas of life. It is where the lovely things land.